long hill road. folks say it would destroy the character of their neighborhood and increase traffic and problems with school. folks say it's lovely this time of the year. trees have changed. the view may change in about two years if a planned development of businesses on one side and apartments or homes on the other will go on this spot. it will be a lot of this coming. >> the area is 26 acres long and it's a proposal to rezone from r1, one house per acre to high density housing, r15 per acre. >> reporter: she moved in 15 years ago but said she would have thought twice if she knew 300 home cost pop up out of the woods. >> i said is there signage. no, there's no signage. are their mailers sent out to

residents? no. the only way top find out is to go on the county council -- anne arundel website. that's how residents will find out. if not if you find out too late, your area may be rezoned. >> reporter: this is part of the county's comprehensive zoning plan. she said the cute is supporting it because of other changes. reynolds said the change for the long hill property is consistent with other changes made in the ear. even with all the new developments in place, the thing that hasn't changed is the road. folks say the intersection of mountain road with long hill road is bad at best and simply awful at rush hour. >> this neighborhood can't support it. put apartments in here, where are kids going to play? in the middle of the street?

there's no room. it's all commercial. they have no business putting it here. it's all about money. it's not about the community. it's about money. >> reporter: residents say they're trying to get their councilman derrick fink to push an amendment. roosevelt leftwich, abc2 news. remember those calls you got on election day back in 2010, telling you the race was over and this was before the polls closed. julius henson is accused of being behind the robocalls. the trial against henson was postponed to february after the judge recused himself from the case. henson worked with bob ehrlich and they were charged with violating election laws. he has been dodging our questions for months but today joce sterman finally went face to face with an annapolis paver

accused of overcharging his customers by thousands. >> reporter: after backing out of a plea deal, tommy clack said nothing, giving -- said nothing regarding a scam. do you think it was fair to charge these people $16,000 or $30,000? our questions were met with silence today as we met face to face with tommy clack after trying to track him down for months. he is charged in more than a half dozen cases for acting as a contractor without a license. that's just the start. clack has been banned from business in two other states and brought his operation here where the maryland home improvement said he has victims. victims said clack showed up with extra materials and offered a discount but in the end bumped

up the price by thousands with some paying as much as $30,000 for the work. >> i'm not ashamed. i'm not embarrassed. i'm just stunned at how we allowed this to happen. >> reporter: clack was supposed to enter a guilty plea in those anne arundel cases but prosecutors say he backed out at the last minute. now his cases are moving on to trial, although no date has been set. several organizations, are asking baltimore's mayor to issue an executive order prohibiting racial profiling. they are urging the player to stand up for immigrants by prohibiting the baltimore city police department from racial profiling. they said the mayor maybe a verbal agreement to act against racial profiling. >> many jurisdiction are taking

it upon themselves to enforce immigration laws. we know baltimore is better than that. we want the mayor to put it in writing and show it to us so we can celebrate with her. >> the letter signed by more than 30 organizations, 1,000 signatures on petitions, urging the mayor to take action. things are changing. the clouds rolling in. take a look. one little band south of baltimore. let's take a closer look with maryland's most powerle ray are -- powerful radar. the more significant rain still west towards the cumberland area. temperatures still miecialtiond 6 -- still mild. through the day tomorrow, hour by hour temperatures will run mild through midday. then they begin to drop.

rain will get heavier in the afternoon. we'll talk about how much colder they will get. >> have you been out to stevens university. they are exspangt, this time to the tune of $10 1/2 million. they purchased the former shire pharmaceutical site. it will be used by the school of science and designs and backs up to the owings mills campus and will look at walkways. harry byrd as in byrd stadium, the legendary athletic director and a world record holder. they all became famous in sports but their alma matter wants to cut. a commission recommended cutting eight sports. members of the men's and women's

swim teams took alternative money saving plans arguing against the cuts to spare the department from multimillion dollar budget deficits. the swim team launched an online petition drive that has attracted 5,000 signatures,callying that of olympic medalist michael phelps. >> this area is one of the biggest. recruiting wise it's going to hurt swimming in maryland. >> now in addition to the swimming teams, men's track and tennis, along with women's water polo and acrobatics and tumbling may also fall. they are expected to make a final decision in the next couple of weeks. for those who ran like a horse last month in the baltimore marathon or plan to trot in the half marathon, you have nothing on this fellow right here. don harrison with the

four-legged phenom who ran four marathons in one day. >> reporter: here's john crandall and his friend. when you spend 10 hours or so and 100 miles on someone, you become close. they do endurance racing, a marathon for man and horses. the horse is checked several times by veterinarians to make sure he can continue. these two race in style. he was the only horse to win the triple crun for endurance racing in 2006. >> in the 50 years of endurance racing in america, nobody's been able to have the same horse or same ride erwin all three of the majors, and this horse did it with me, all three of them in the same year. >> reporter: but in 2008 he suffered a life lettenning injury to his back leg. it equates to a professional

football player blowing his knee out. >> very close call. you wouldn't expect any horse to come back from that. >> coming back into the sport. >> reporter: they claim back strong. they just took the silver med dpal in an endurance race in -- medal in an endurance race in chile. it would be like leaving annapolis, running four complete marathons and ending up at the beach in a little more than six hours. >> he had a very full and color until life and still got years to go. at 13, he probably has a few more years at the top of the game. >> reporter: in annapolis, don harrison, abc2 news. >> great story. he will lead the u.s. team in 2012. that's at the same time the 2012

olympics in london is going on. did you know that don harrison was a jockey? next up, more and more teenagers are getting the appropriate vaccinations but not enough. why experts say parents need it make sure the pediatricians are doing their job and they're getting all the vaccinations. and do these wisdom teeth need to come out. why dentists are pulling them out before you realize they will be a problem. >> i still got them -- all four. well above average. that was your two-degree guarantee. todd, congratulations, you are our abc2 storm umbrella winner. our eye is on texas tonight. we'll talk about why that is right after this.

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are you getting your teenager's vaccine shots. the vaccinations all rose between 2006 and 2009 as high as 56%ed you're do -- 56% and you're doing a pretty good job keeping up to date. >> parents should ask pediatricians if vaccines are required and the pediatrician should review the records to make sure they're offering them to children. >> if doctors and parents get on the same page it's possible seven out of 10 teens could be

protected. it's time for our teeth, getting your wisdom teel teeth pull -- teeth pulled very common. >> reporter: when the dentist originally suggested she remove her wisdom teeth she resisted. >> they were not hurting. >> reporter: the logic? >> we don't remove everybody's appendix. >> reporter: the doctor led a task force. he said by leaving your teeth in you're risking issues later in life loo waiting until they notice there's a problem is waiting until the problem has caused damage. this would be like saying if we know someone has high blood pressure, should we wait until they start it have symptoms. >> reporter: the doctor claims the vast majority of people will run into problems. >> the long-term study would

indicate approximately 80% of people over an 18-year period had to have their wisdom teeth removed because they developed problems. >> reporter: the numbers are lower. one rye view show's the number of extractions could be cut by 60% if only done when patients were in pain or developed a condition. the doctor said technology can improve so much that doctors can predict who will have damage. putting off the inevitable will make things worse. >> i started getting headaches, pressure in my jaw and head. >> reporter: she had them taken out. >> i have great peace of mind that my wisdom teeth are out and i never have to deal with them again. >> reporter: linda so. >> if your dentist suggests removing them and you're not in pain, find out why.

abc2news.com is the place to go to help you find the information you and your fap -- family need. maryland's most powerful radar showing a few showers. this is not heavy rain but more of that drizzle, the stuff that's enough to make the roads slick. western maryland a little more significant rain from hagerstown west to cumberland to the high country and this particular band of rain is going to be a slow mover. this could come in and get us overnight. 62 at the airport. winds southwest at five. today was 10 degrees cooler. cloudy skies helping to keep temperatures down. finding a day from sky. that november look to the

weather in bel air as well. hardly a peek of sunshine to be seen in harford county or in baltimore today where things stayed overcast. take a look temperature wise. it is cooler west. 50s, except for exstreet western maryland. our highs today running warmer than average. we did get close to 70 both baltimore and d.c. today. so that was unusual, as well as annapolis. you can see this band of heavier rain, most of which is confined to points well west of our state, reaching down into kentucky. the main storm system has yet to get its act together. it's beginning to sheet early signs of development over eastern texas. that's why we're watching the southern plains. that will be the origin that comes in into the day tomorrow. in the meantime that's surging up the coast.

we've got scattered showers between two different frontal boundaries, the first of which is stalled out. the main front will come in and really bring in the cooler air later in the week. you can see that contrast going on already with 75 plus towards charlotte for highs today and in the northern plain has tough time getting out of the 50s. a few showers tonight. 8:00 tomorrow morning more significant hit and miss downpours could make your morning commute tricky. by tomorrow night more significant rain as the main storm arrives, riding that temperature contrast, that boundary right over maryland. this whole this morning will clear out tomorrow night. we'll be left with a variably cloudier and chillier day. 52. cloudy, cool. tomorrow same deal, rain likely, heavy at times. should see more rain and a 10-degree cool off. 45 tomorrow night has that rain

continues and looks to diminish overnight. your seven-day forecast, it's going to be tough times getting out of the 40s, thursday and friday, but by the weekend sunshine's back and by sunday, 62, some sunshine. it might feel more like baseball by the end of the weekend. >> hey, you brought it up. you're looking at the new orange orioles jersey, and take a look. isn't that nice? get a closeup. these are the patches to celebrate the 20th anniversary of the owner. isn't that nice? on the other side we've got baltimore orioles. now take a look at the hat. this is the hat. this is the cartoon bird. you remember ripken wearing this

in '82 and '83. it's a mix. so there you go. they're online at orioles.com. >> it's retrobut freshened up a little. speaking of rip, cal ripken is getting ready to come back home after spending the last week in japan. he will talk about it in about 30 minutes. he is not only teaching baseball to youth and coaches and filling as a u.s. diplomat but got a cans to tour the tsunami ravaged area. tonight at 7:00 he will be chatting about the trip live with you fans right there on facebook. here's a look at what's coming up tonight. online holiday shopping exposes

crooks. the latest online scams and helping you avoid pitfalls. you wouldn't want to miss your family thanksgiving dinner. thousands of retailers will have to do that. how one target employee is fighting back. those stories, plus wyatt's forecast. join us at 11:00.

the big news at owings mills you're getting a wegman's. they will open theird store. it will be moved into that solo plant on reisterstown road. when the store opens, it will be the seventh in our state and